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‘He wasn't my dad... He was Greg’: 17-year-old son refuses to consider his stepdad a father figure after he falsely brags about being ‘the dad that stepped up’

Lana DeGaetano

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22-year-old daughter refuses to acknowledge her 6-year-old half-sister because she's the product of her father's infidelity: ‘I don't want to be the bigger person’

Lana DeGaetano

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17-year-old moves in with his grandparents after his neglectful parents who constantly make him babysit announce they're having a 7th kid: 'My parents are angry because they don't have help'

Emmy Pratt

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Husband and wife ‘leak’ fake baby names online to prank their prying family members, family does not have a laugh: ‘They said it was childish’

Lana DeGaetano

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'It seems like everyone but you is responsible': Dad accuses friend's kids of stealing his 8-year-old's toy, blames wife for not putting it away

JR Atkinson

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (March 3, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Entitled sister insists she bring her 3 step children and 2 bio kids to her sibling's in law's lake house, sibling refuses to indulge her: ‘It's not our house’

Lana DeGaetano

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21-year-old gets full custody of her 6-month-old sister after parents abandon her, parents come back 3 years later demanding her back: 'My parents did the same with me, giving me to my grandmother till I was 5'

Emmy Pratt

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'This is our first Christmas as a real family': New stepmom insists 21-year-old stepdaughter cancel plans to visit her bio-mom so she can attend her holiday party, throws a fit when she declines

JR Atkinson

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'She's not my parent': 43-year-old stepmom who can't cook forces 'parental bonding' with 17-year-old stepson by asking him to teach her basic meals, son refuses to participate

JR Atkinson

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25-year-old woman hides her 7-month-old baby from her boyfriend, sobs and bangs down his neighbor's doors after he breaks up with her: 'We had been seeing each other for a few weeks and I had no idea she had a baby'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom books Disney cruise 2 weeks in advance of pregnant daughter-in-law's due date, daughter flips out since they were depending on her for childcare: 'This is their problem'

JR Atkinson

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The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (February 25, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (February 24, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Father refuses to force his 11-year-old son to play a sport against his wife's wishes, stops funding son's lessons to do what's best for his kid: ‘He was sad’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom berates aunt for letting her 28-year-old niece spend the weekend with because she was extremely stressed and depressed in college: 'She didn’t want to tell her mom she was at our house and asked us not to either'

Emmy Pratt

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